Irish Ladies Golf Union Press Release

PAT TURVEY PASSES AWAY

It is with deep regret that the ILGU has learned of the death of Pat Turvey, past secretary of the Union from 1984-2000.
Following the retirement of Ms Kathleen Callaghan in 1983, Ms Turvey picked up the Irish Ladies Golf Union’s administrative reigns in 1984, a post she held for almost 16 years. In addition to orchestrating the Union’s Centenary Celebrations in 1993, she oversaw the move of Headquarters to Clonskeagh Square early in her appointment and was key to delivering enhanced services to an ever-increasing vibrant membership.
A native of Clontarf, she will be fondly remembered by the Union membership as a role-model in the advancement of efficient administration and will be missed by her many golfing friends.
Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis.

COMING SOON ... DETAILS OF

HOW TO ENTER THE HACIENDA

DEL ALAMO WOMEN'S WINTER

GOLF FESTIVAL IN MURCIA,

SPAIN.

FEBRUARY 10 to 23 ... MINIMUM OF SIX EVENTS OPEN TO LADY PROFESSIONALS AND LADY AMATEURS WITH SINGLE-FIGURE HANDICAPS (no minimum or maximum age).

ROSEANNE AND KRYSTLE HOLDING
OWN AGAINST US COLLEGE ELITE

Scots teenagers Roseanne Niven (pictured left) from Crieff and Krystle Caithness (pictured right) from Cellardyke, Fife are tackling the elite of the American women's college golf circuit in the Stanford Intercollegiate tournament over Tiger Wood's old stamping ground in California - and holding their own.
University of California Berkeley student Roseanne, 18, and Krystle, also 18 and a freshman student at the University of Georgia, both returned first-round 73s over the par-71, 6,089 lay-out.
Roseanne, starting at the 10th, bogeyed the 10th, 13th, 16th and first but she had birdies at the 11th and 2nd.
Krystle also started at the 10th and it was a bad hole for her, costing her a double bogey 6 but she birdied the short second and long 16th before dropping another shot at the 18th. The first hole of her second nine was also costly for the Great Britain & Ireland international player. She ran up a double bogey 7 at the long first but then got a birdie 4 at the longth seventh and a birdie 2 at the short eighth before finishing her round with a bogey at the ninth.
The Scots are a highly creditable joint 15th in a field of 93 players which includes most of the top players on the American women's college circuit.
American Curtis Cup ace Amanda Blumenherst justified her No 1 ranking a sparkling five-underper 66 to lead by two shots from Mari Chun (Stanford), playing over her home course.
English women's stroke-play champion Jodi Ewart from Yorkshire, a second-year student at New Mexico University, was one of a bunch of players in third place on 69.

Former British girls championship winner at Lanark, Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) from Spain) is joint 11th on 72.

Sweden's Anna Nordqvist (Arizona State), also a former British girls champion and beaten finalist in the 2006 and 2007 British women's championships, had a bad day at the office by her own high standards. She is back in a tie for 39th place on 76. Her round included a double-bogey 5 at a short hole.
The tournament is over three rounds.

HOW THEY STAND
FIRST ROUND
Par 71, 6089yd
66 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke).
68 Mari Chun (Stanford).
69 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico), Jennie Lee (Duke), Stacy Lewis (Arkansas), Kendra Little (Oregon), Glory Yang (UCLA).
Other scores:
72 Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) (jt 11th).
73 Roseanne Niven (California), Krystle Caithness (Georgia), Pia Halbig (California), Adriana Zwanck (Arizona) (jt 15th).
76 Anna Nordqvist (Arizona State) (jt 39th).
LEADING TEAMS
282 Duke.
291 UCLA.
293 Arizona State.
296 California, Georgia, Arizona.
297 Pepperdine.
Also:
309 New Mexico (13th of 18 teams).

Heather MacRae, Vikki Laing miss out in Italy

JENNA WILSON QUALIFIES FOR LADIES EUROPEAN
TOUR FINAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL NEXT WEEK

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scottish amateur champion Jenna Wilson was the only Scot at this week's LET Q School Pre-Qualifier to make it through to the Final Q School at Le Fonti Golf Club, Italy next week.
Jenna, from Strathaven, sagged a little bit in the third round with a 75 but her first two rounds of 69 stood her in good stead and she qualified in joint 19th place on three-under-par 213 of the 28 players who qualified with totals of one-under-par 215 or better.
US-based Vikki Laing, who will be flying back to the States, to contest the LPGA Qualifying School, made a gallant bid to make up the leeway left her by indifdferne opening rounds of 74 and 76. The Musselburgh player shot a four-under-par 68, one of the lowest by anyone on the final day, but her three-round total of two-over-par 218 was three shots too many to qualify.
Heather MacRae from Dunblane finished with a one-over-par 73 for five-over-par 221. An opening round of 78 was the "killer" as far as Heather was concerned.
One of the intriguing feature of the final totals today was that the first five players are still amateurs and, in all, 17 of the 28 qualifiers, are amateurs.

HALL, BELL AND REID THE TOP BRITS AMONG THE
28 QUALIFIERS AT ONE-UNDER 215 OR BETTER

By BETHAN CUTLER
Ladies European Tour website
Amateurs Emma Cabrera-Bello from Spain and France’s Camille Fallay led the qualifiers for the Final Stage of the Ladies European Tour’s Qualifying School after tieing at the top of the leader board on the conclusionof the 54-hole Pre-Qualifier at Le Fonti Golf Club in Italy today.
Cabrera-Bello, 21, from Gran Canaria and Fallay, 25, from Bussy, were two of 28 players, including 18 amateurs, to have secured a place in next week’s Final Qualifying School at the same venue.
They will join the 66 professionals already exempt to make a field of 94 players.
Cabrera-Bello carded a final round of five-under 67 for a 12-under-par 54-hole total of 204 while Fallay, who led by three shots entering the final round, posted a 71 to share the winning total.
“The last nine was difficult today because I was a little tired but I played three rounds under par so I am very happy. I hope to play like that next week,” said Fallay, the less experienced of the pair, having taken up the game only five years ago.
Cabrera-Bello, who began golfing aged five and who was a member of the PING Junior Solheim Cup team in 2002 and 2003, as well as a Junior Ryder Cup player in 2002, said: “I’ve been playing golf for 16 years now and on the national team for seven years so I wasn’t too nervous today. It wasn’t about winning today; it was about making it into the top 25 so that makes it a little easier.
"As long as you play regularly, I knew I was going to make it. I was quite relaxed and that’s probably why I scored low.
“I never expected myself to be in the lead but it brings up your confidence for next week. Next week is the real thing. That’s when you really have to play well."
French amateur Caroline Afonso finished strongly with a 69 for an 11-under total. Welsh amateur Lydia Hall closed with a 66 to share fourth position with English amateur Rachel Bell, who had a final round of 69.
England’s leading amateur Melissa Reid had a 71 to share sixth place on six-under-par with Cortney Reno (68) and Beth Allen (69) from the United States.
The cut to 25 players and ties fell at one-under-par, with four players finishing on that number. Stage 2, Final Qualifying, will take place next week from Tuesday to Friday (October 21 to 26) over 72 holes of stroke-play.
There will be a cut to the leading 50 players and ties after 54 holes. The leading 30 players after four rounds will receive Category 8 membership of the Ladies European Tour, which will give them starts in most full field tournaments.
Those players who finish in positions 31-50 and ties will receive membership in Category 10b, with some playing restrictions.
Qualifiers from Stage 1, Pre-Qualifying today were:
Par 216 (3 x 72)
1 Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spain) (amateur) 69 68 67 - 204.
2 Camille Fallay (France) (amateur) 67 66 71 - 204.
3 Caroline Afonso (France) (amateur) 66 70 69 - 205.
4 Lydia Hall (Wales) (amateur) 71 71 66 - 208
5 Rachel Bell (England) (amateur) 82 67 69 - 208
6 Cortney Reno (US) 72 70 68 - 210.
7 Beth Allen (US) 69 72 69 - 210.
8 Melissa Reid (England) (amateur) 71 68 71 - 210
9 Frances Bondad (Australia) 72 68 71 - 211.
10 Elena Giraud (France) (amateur) 70 70 71 - 211
11 Stephanie Doering (Germany) (amateur) 69 71 71 - 211
12 Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Australia) (amateur) 74 66 71 - 211.
13 Marjet van der Graaf (Netherlands) (amateur) 69 69 73 - 211.
14 Yuki Sakurai (Japan) (amateur) 69 67 75 - 211.
15 Julie Greciet (France) (amateur) 69 73 70 - 212.
16 Kate Combes (Australia) 70 73 69 - 212.
17 Itziar Elguezabal (Spain) 68 72 72 - 212.
18 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Germany) (amateur) 66 74 72 - 212.
19 Belinda Kerr (Australia) 68 72 73 - 213.
20 Audrey Descharne (France) (amateur) 73 67 73 - 213.
21 Lien Willems (Belgium) 74 69 70 - 213.
22 Jenna Wilson (Scotland) 69 69 75 - 213.
23 Jo Pritchard (Wales) 74 71 69 - 214.
24 Anne Norman Hansen (Denmark) 68 70 76 - 214.
25 Rui Yokomine (Japan) 72 70 73 - 215.
26 Emma Lyons (England) (amateur) 72 69 74 - 215.
27 Vittoria Valvassori (Italy) (amateur) 69 71 75 - 215.
28 Katharina Schallenberg (Germany) (amateur) 70 69 76 - 215.

NON-QUALIFIERS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
216 Chris Brady (US) 69 74 73, Devan Andersen (Mex (am) 70 73 73, Malene Jorgensen (Den) (am) 70 74 72, Sam White (US) 72 73 71, Leigh Whittaker (Ger) (am) 72 73 71.
217 Zuzana Masinova (Cze) 74 74 69, Daniela Wagner (Aut) (am) 73 69 75, Maria Engstrom (Swe) 69 74 74, Polly Travica (Aus) 71 74 72, Rebecca Uhlen (Swe) 74 72 71.
218 Vikki Laing (Sco) 74 76 68, Kirsty J Fisher (Eng) 76 72 70, Lauren Diggle (Wal) 74 73 71, Emily Tankey (Aus) (am) 70 71 77, Laura Eastwood (Eng) 71 73 75, Michelle Smith (Eng) 75 69 74, Kelly Hutcherson (Eng) 73 73 72.
219 Pimpadsorn Sangkagaro (Tha) 74 72 73.
220 Danielle Montgomery (Eng) (am) 74 71 71, Laure Sibille (Fra) (am) 73 72 75, Elin Emanuelsson (Swe) 71 75 74.
221 Barbara Genuini (Fra) (am) 73 77 71, Jenny Pease (Eng) (am) 73 76 72, Heather MacRae (Sco) 78 70 73, Marian Riordan (Ire) 75 72 74, Laura Wright (Eng) 74 72 75, Perry Swenson (US) 73 71 77, Sandra Carlborg (Swe) 77 68 76, Hiromi Kamata (Jap) 70 75 76, Rosemary MacDonald (Aus) 74 72 75.
222 Monja Richards (SAf) 78 72 72, Heather Nolan (Ire) 74 75 73, Emma Sheffield (Eng) (am) 72 76 74, Marousa Polias (Aus) 74 73 75.
223 Johanna Lundberg (Swe0 72 78 73, Rosa Svahn (Fin) (am) 76 73 74, Monica Quartana (Ita) 74 75 74, Youn Ji (Kor) (am) 76 72 75, Helen Oh (Aus) 74 73 76.
224 Mami Kamata (Jap) 74 76 74.
225 Elena Perrone (Swe) 74 72 79.
226 Jana Peterkova (Cze) 74 77 75, Annie Mallory (Can) 75 76 75, Viva Schlasberg (Swe) 76 76 74.
227 Celine Herbin (Fra) (am) 76 74 77, Veronique Verhaegen (Bel) 76 76 75, Jennifer Karr (US) 80 75 72, Sarah Attwood (Eng) (am) 74 74 79.
228 Tracey Boyes (Eng) (am) 76 73 79, Anne-Sophie Le Nalio (Fra) 82 73 73.
229 Stephanie Evans (Wal) (am) 75 75 79, Emily Curry-Bartonova (Cze) (am) 74 74 81, Jenni Kulvainen (Fin) 79 76 74.
230 Edita Nechanicka (Cze) 75 75 80, Maria Martin (Spa) 78 71 81, Emma Holmberg (Swe) 75 78 77, Stenna Westerlund (Fin) (am) 77 76 77.
231 Annamaria Milie (Ita) 78 74 79, Nuria Clau (Spa) 79 73 79, Natou Soro (Ivo) 74 82 75.
232 Cheryl Smith (Eng) 77 73 82, Josefine Skold (Swe) 80 78 73.
234 Clare Lipscombe (Eng) 83 76 75.
236 Elvira B Lurgi (Ven) 78 78 80, Jacqueline D Pecoitz (Arg) 80 76 80, Emma Weeks (Eng) 80 77 79.
241 Marian Jimenez de Miguel (Spa) 82 83 76.
246 Vera Shimanskaya (Rus) 85 78 83.
249 Carrie Vaughan (US) 81 81 87.
253 Lavinia Floris (Ita) (am) 85 86 82.
257 Sabina Imboden (Swi) 85 89 83.
Retired: Morgana Robbertze (SAfr) 75 - -, Olivia Le Borgne (Fra) (am) 75 - -.
Disqualified - Sohvi Harkonen (Fin) disq - -;





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ALL FAIRWAYS FOR LADY GOLFERS LEAD TO HACIENDA
DEL ALAMO GOLF RESORT, SPAIN NEXT FEBRUARY

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
There will be a minimum of six competitions during the coming winter in which all the non-qualifiers at the Ladies European Tour Q School Pre-Qualifier will be able to play.
In fact, they will be open to ALL lady professionals and ALL lady amateur golfers, as long as they have a single-figure handicaps, and that includes the ever-increasing number of senior lady golfers.
Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk will have more specific details for you on this website tomorrow.
In the meantime, just to whet your appetite, all the events will be played at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort in Murcia, Spain. They will be staged between February 10 and February 23.
The fortnight's programme is something of a trail-blazer for the Murcia Ladies Open Tour, a developmental circuit of 36-hole events (two a week) which will tee from early January to early March in 2009 with Hacienda del Alamo the HQ.
If you have any queries, E-mail me at Colin@scottishgolfview.com

+Hacienda del Alamo has outstanding practice facilities including an 18-hole Dave Thomas-designed championship course and a six-hole Academy course.

Ladies European Tour Q School Pre-Qualifier

SCOTTISH ANGLE: IT'S LOOKING GOOD FOR JENNA
BY COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scottish amateur champion Jenna Wilson from Strathaven is well placed with one round to go to be among the leading 25 and ties who will go forward after Friday's final round of the LET Pre-qualifier to next week's Final Q School in Italy.
Jenna, who has retained her amateur status, is lying in joint fifth place on six-under-par 138 after a pair of 69s.
Not so good news concerning the two other Scots in the field although Heather MacRae from Dunblane did return one of the better rounds of the day, a two-under-par 70 but, with a 36-hole tally of four-over-par 148 she is still in joint 55th place and needing to improve another 30 places over the last 18 holes.
Mission Impossible? Not quite, if Heather can break 70 by a stroke or two at the last time of asking.
Vikki Laing, who flew from her American base to try for a place on next season's Ladies European Tour, slipped back from an opening 74 to a 76 for 150. She is lying joint 69th on 150.

LEADING FOUR PLAYERS IN LET PRE
-QUALIFIER ARE ALL AMATEURS

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
French amateur Camille Fallay took a three-stroke lead after the second round of the Ladies European Tour’s Pre-Qualifying School at Le Fonti Golf Club in Castel San Pietro Terme near Bologna in Italy today.
The 25-year-old from Bussy, east of Paris, became a step closer to securing her playing rights for the 2008 season. A total of 25 players and ties will progress at the end of tomorrow's third round to next week's Final Qualifying School, held at the same venue.
Fallay improved on her personal best score of 67 set yesterday with a six-under-par 66 for an 11-under-par aggregate. A naturally talented sportswoman, Fallay plays off a handicap of +2.5 at Bussy Golf Club in Guermantes. She took up the game only five years ago at the age of 20 and had reduced her handicap from 26 to scratch in just three years.
Her mother introduced her to golf after she finished horse-riding competitively. In that sport, she took third place in the junior French championship at the age of 12. She also enjoys tennis, watching television and shopping in Paris.
The Frenchwoman fired off four birdies and an eagle in her second round on Thursday. The eagle was achieved when she holed her second shot from 110 metres with a nine-iron at the par-four 16th.
“I like pressure,” said Fallay. “I was very stressed this morning but I started to relax and got my ball on the fairways and greens. It was an easy strategy and I’ll aim to do the same again tomorrow.
Japan’s Yuki Sakurai and France’s Caroline Afonso are tied for second place on eight-under-par heading into the final round of Pre-Qualifying. Sakurai had a 67 while joint first round leader Afonso had a 70.
Spain’s Emma Cabrera, a two-time PING Junior Solheim Cup player, carded 68 for a total of seven-under-par. All of the top four placed players in the field are amateurs.
Playing for the first time in Europe, the 18-year-old Sakurai from Tokyo bettered her personal low round by a stroke. Sakurai, who plays off a handicap of +3.7, said she carded six-under-par in the Junior World Championships in San Diego last yea
Elsewhere, there were two hole-in-ones in two days at Le Fonti GC after England’s Michelle Smith aced the par-3 ninth hole in round one, and Bronwyn Mullins-Lane aced the par-3 second hole in Thursday’s second round.
Smith’s ace contributed to her opening 75, and she added a 69 taking her to level par after two rounds.
Mullins-Lane’s ace formed part of an impressive 66, placing the Australian on four-under-par in a tie for 11th after 36 holes.The Australian, who lives in North London, England, hit a “little 5-iron” straight at the flag to experience her fourth hole-in-one. It formed part of a tremendous start that began birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie.
“I thought it would be close but I didn’t expect it to go in the hole,” said Mullins Lane, 29, from Townsville in Queensland, continuing: “I haven’t hit my peak yet!” The final round of Pre-Qualifying takes place on Friday when only the leading 25 and ties will go forward to next week's LET Final Qualifying School.


HOW THEY STAND WITH ONE ROUND TO GO
Par 144 (2 x 72)
133 Camille Fallay (Am) (FRA) 67 66.
136 Yuki Sakurai (Am) (JPN) 69 67, Caroline Afonso (Am) (FRA) 66 70.
137 Emma Cabrera-Bello (Am) (ESP) 69 68.
138 Anne Norman Hansen (DEN) 68 70, Marjet van der Graaf (Am) (NET) 69 69, Jenna Wilson (Am) (SCO) 69 69.
139 Rachel Bell (Am) (ENG) 72 67, Katharina Schallenberg (Am) (GER) 70 69, Melissa Reid (Am) (ENG) 71 69, Denise-Charlotte Becker (Am) (GER) 66 74, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Am) (AUS) 74 66, Elena Giraud (Am) (FRA) 70 70, Stephanie Doering (Am) (GER) 69 71, Vittoria Valvassori (Am) (ITA) 69 71, Itziar Elguezabal (ESP) 68 72, Audrey Decharne (Am) (FRA) 73 67, Frances Bondad (AUSTRALIA) 72 68, Belinda Kerr (AUSTRALIA) 68 72.
141 Beth Allen (USA) 69 72, Emily Tankey (Am) (AUSTRALIA) 70 71, Emma Lyons (Am) (ENG) 72 69.
142 Cortney Reno (USA) 72 70, Rui Yokomine (JAP) 72 70, Lydia Hall (Am) (WAL) 71 71, Daniela Wagner (Am) (AUSTRIA) 73 69, Julie Greciet (Am) (FRA) 69 72.
=====CUT-OFF POINT FOR LEADING 25 AND TIES AT THE MOMENT
143 Chris Brady (USA) 69 74, Maria Engstrom (Swe) 69 74, Kate Coombes (AUSTRALIA) 70 73, Lien Willems (BEL) 74 69, Laura Eastwood (ENG) 71 72, Devan Andersen (Am) (MEX) 70 73.
144 Michelle Smith (ENG) 75 69, Malene Jorgensen (Am) (DEN) 70 74, Perry Swenson (USA) 73 71.
145 Sandra Carlborg (SWE) 77 68, Polly Travica (AUSTRALIA) 71 74, Jo Pritchard (WAL) 74 71, Laure Sibille (Am) (FRA) 73 72, Hiromi Kamata (JAP) 70 75, Sam White (USA) 72 73, Leigh Whittaker (Am) (GER) 72 73.
146 Kelly Hutcherson (ENG) 73 73, Rebecca Uhlen (SWE) 74 72, Rosemary MacDonald (AUSTRALIA) 74 72, Elin Emanuelsson (SWE) 71 75, Elena Perrone (SWE) 74 72, Laura Wright (ENG) 74 72, Pimpadssorn Sangkagaro (THA) 74 72.
147 Marousa Polias (AUS) 74 73, Lauren Diggle (WAL) 74 73, Helen Oh (AUSTRALIA) 74 73, Marian Riordan (IRE) 75 72.
148 Emma Sheffield (Am) (ENG) 72 76, Zuzana Masinova (CZE) 74 74, Sarah Attwood (Am) (ENG) 74 74, Kirsty J Fisher (ENG) 76 72, Heather MacRae (SCO) 78 70, Youn Ji (Am) (Kor) 76 72, Emily Curry-Bartonova (Am) (CZE) 74 74.
149 Monica Quartana (ITA) 74 75, Tracey Boys (Am) (ENG) 76 73, Heather Nolan (IRE) 74 75, Jenny Pease (Am) (ENG) 73 76, Rosa Svahn (Am) (FIN) 76 73, Maria Martin (ESP) 78 71, Danielle Montgomery (Am) (ENG) 74 75.
150 Mami Kamata (JAP) 74 76, Monja Richards (SAf) 78 72, Vikki Laing (SCO) 74 76, Johanna Lundberg (SWE) 72 78, Celine Herbin (Am) (FRA) 76 74, Barbara Genuini (Am) (FRA) 73 77, Cheryl Smith (ENG) 77 73, Stephanie Evans (Am) (WAL) 75 75, Edita Nechanicka (CZE) 75 75.
151 Jana Peterkova (CZE) 74 77, Annie Mallory (Can) 75 76.
152 Annamaria Milie (ITA) 78 74, Veronique Verhaegen (BEL) 76 76, Nuria Clau (ESP) 79 73, Viva Schlasberg (SWE) 76 76.
153 Emma Holmberg (SWE) 75 78, Stenna Westerlund (Am) (FIN) 77 76.
155 Jennifer Karr (USA) 80 75, Jenni Kuivainen (FIN) 79 76, Anne-Sophie Le Nalio (FRA) 82 73.
156 Natou Soro (IVO C) 74 82, Elvira Barcala Lurgi (VEN) 78 78, Jacqueline Denise Pecoitz (ARG) 80 76.
157 Emma Weeks (ENG) 80 77.
159 Josefine Skold (SWE) 80 79, Clare Lipscombe (ENG) 83 76.
162 Carrie Vaughan (USA) 81 81.
163 Vera Shimanskaya (RUS) 85 78.
165 Marian Jimenez de Miguel (ESP) 82 83.
171 Lavinia Floris (Am) (ITA) 85 86.
174 Sabina Imboden (SWI) 85 89.
Retired: Morgana Robbertze (SAf) 75 -, Olivia Le Borgne (Am) (FRA) 76 -.
Disqualified - Sohvi Harkonen (FIN) disq -.

West Girls Match

Dunbartonshire and Argyll Girls

Ayrshire girls played a friendly match against Dunbartonshire and Argyll girls on Sunday at Routenburn Golf Course, Largs. D&A won by 4 matches to 2.

Ayrshire Girls

ANN MARIE DALTON RUNNER-UP

IN STARMOUNT FALL CLASSIC

Ann Marie Dalton, from Carlow, Ireland, finished runner-up in the Starmount Fall Classic women's college tournament over a par-71, 6265yd course at Starmount Forest Golf Club, Greensboro in North Carolina this week.

Ann Marie, pictured right, a senior (fourth) year student at High Point University, North Carlona, scored 73 and 69 for a total of 142 - one behind the winner, Emelie Lind (East Carolina) who scored 70 and 71, in a field of 68 players.

East Carolina (583) won the team event from North Carolina-Greensboro (591) with Elon and Florida International sharing third place on 600. High Point finished last of the ll teams with a total of 638..

IMPROVING HANNAH FINISHES JOINT 15th

AT LAS CRUCES IN NEW MEXICO

Baylor's two English students, Hannah Burke and Sian Reddick, finished joint 15th and 62nd respectively in a field of 89 players for the Price's Give 'Em Five Intercollegiate women's tournament at Las Cruces, New Mexico this week.

Hannah had improving scores of 77, 76 and 73 for 225. Sian scored 77, 83 and 80 for a total of 240.

Chelsea Stelzmiller (UC-Davis) won with scores of 74, 74 and 71 for three-over-par 219 - one shot ahead of team-mate Bryana Gregory (70-75-75).

Oklahoma (902) won the team event from Idaho (906) with UC-Davis third of 16 teams. Baylor (920) came joint ninth.

CHESHIRE'S LAURA JONES
WINS US COLLEGE EVENT
ONLY TWO MONTHS AFTER
JOINING OKLAHOMA CITY
UNIVERSITY
Cheshire’s Laura Jones (pictured left) has scored her first win on the US women’s college circuit – just two months after joining Oklahoma City University.
The 18-year-old from Royal Liverpool shot four-under par 136 two win the the 36-hole Oklahoma Intercollegiate for Women by four strokes from a field of 70 players at the Territory Golf Club.
Laura shot 70 and 66 for a career-best performance and led a whitewash by the Oklahoma Stars who filled the first three places on the leaderboard. They also scored their fourth team win out of four starts this season.
Laura, whose home club is Royal Liverpool, has come through the lottery-funded training programme of the English Ladies’ Golf Association. She’s a past member of an ELGA birdie squad and of the regional Select North squad.
Her latest success ends her 2007 season as it began – with a win. Laura, a two-handicapper, also took the honours at The Leveret at Formby Ladies.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 70, 5,853y
136 Laura Jones (Oklahoma City) 70 66.
140 Sydney Cox (Oklahoma City) 68 72.
141 Ashley Sholer (Oklahoma City) 72 69.
TEAM TOTALS
563 Oklahoma City University.
601 Drury University.
603 Redlands Community College.
621 Midland Community College, West Texas A&M.
12 Teams took part.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
Visit the ELGA web site at http://www.englishladiesgolf.org/

AMATEURS DOMINATE AT THE LADIES EUROPEAN
TOUR Q SCHOOL'S PRE-QUALIFYING IN ITALY

FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

French amateur Caroline Afonso and German amateur Denise-Charlotte Becker carded a pair of six-under-par 66s to share the lead after the first round of the (Ladies European Tour Qualifying School) Pre-Qualifying at Le Fonti Golf Club, near Bologna in Italy.
French amateur Camille Fallay was a shot further back on five-under-par, while three professionals finished on four-under-par: Spain’s Itziar Elguezabal, Australia’s Belinda Kerr and Ann Norman Hansen from Denmark.
There were 17 amateurs in the top 28 positions following the first round (comprising the top 24 and ties). Five players were tied for 24th place on one-under-par including amateurs Melissa Reid from England, (a member of the PING Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2005), and Lydia Hall from Wales.
Afonso carded five birdies, one bogey and an eagle, while Becker had six birdies, two bogeys and an eagle. English professional Michelle Smith aced the 153-yard par-three ninth hole in her first round. However, she also carded three bogeys and a double, eventually signing for a three-over-par 75.

JENNA WILSON (69) BEST OF SCOTS IN LET
QUALIFYING SCHOOL PRE-QUALIFIER

First-round scores in the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School pre-qualifier at Le Fonti Golf Club, Italy today (the leading 25 players and ties after Friday's third round will go on to next week's Final Q School at the same venue):
Par 72
66
Caroline Afonso (Am) (FRA)
Denise-Charlotte Becker (Am) (GER)
67
Camille Fallay (Am) (FRA)
68
Itziar Elguezabal (ESP)
Belinda Kerr (AUSTRALIA)
Anne Norman Hansen (DEN)
69
Vittoria Valvassori (Am) (ITA)
Emma Cabrera-Bello (Am) (ESP)
Marjet van der Graaf (Am) (NL)
Jenna Wilson (Am) (SCO)
Julie Greciet (Am) (FRA)
Chris Brady (USA)
Beth Allen (USA)
Maria Engstrom (SWE)
Stephanie Doering (Am) (GER)
Yuki Sakurai (Am) (JPN)
70
Malene Jorgensen (Am) (DEN)
Devan Andersen (Am) (MEX)
Katharina Schallenberg (Am) (GER)
Emily Tankey (Am) (AUS)
Elena Giraud (Am) (FRA)
Kate Combes (AUS)
Hiromi Kamata (JPN)
71
Laura Eastwood (ENG)
Lydia Hall (Am) (WAL)
Melissa Reid (Am) (ENG)
Polly Travica (AUS)
Elin Emanuelsson (SWE)
72
Rachel Bell (Am) (ENG)
Emma Lyons (Am) (ENG)
Frances Bondad (AUS)
Leigh Whittaker (Am) (GER)
Cortney Reno (USA)
Emma Sheffield (Am) (ENG)
Rui Yokomine (JPN)
Johanna Lundberg (SWE)
Sam White (USA)
73
Barbara Genuini (Am) (FRA)
Audrey Decharne (Am) (FRA)
Perry Swenson (USA)
Daniela Wagner (Am) (AUT)
Kelly Hutcherson (ENG)
Jenny Pease (Am) (ENG)
Laure Sibille (Am) (FRA)
74
Zuzana Masinova (CR)
Sarah Attwood (Am) (ENG)
Laura Wright (ENG)
Danielle Montgomery (Am) (ENG)
Lien Willems (BEL)
Pimpadsorn Sangkagaro (THA)
Helen Oh (AUS)
Emily Curry-Bartonova (Am) (CR)
Mami Kamata (JPN)
Marousa Polias (AUS)
Jana Peterkova (CR)
Vikki Laing (SCO)
Monica Quartana (ITA)
Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Am) (AUS)
Natou Soro (IC)
Rebecca Uhlen (SWE)
Rosemary MacDonald (AUS)
Heather Nolan (IRE)
Jo Pritchard (WAL)
Elena Perrone (SWE)
Lauren Diggle (WAL)
75
Michelle Smith (ENG)
Stephanie Evans (Am) (WAL)
Edita Nechanicka (CZE REP)
Marian Riordan (IRE)
Annie Mallory (CAN)
Morgana Robbertze (SA)
Emma Holmberg (SWE)
76
Kirsty J Fisher (ENG)
Olivia Le Borgne (Am) (FRA)
Youn Ji (Am) (KOR)
Viva Schlasberg (SWE)
Tracey Boyes (Am) (ENG)
Veronique Verhaegen (BEL)
Rosa Svahn (Am) (FIN)
Celine Herbin (Am) (FRA)
77
Cheryl Smith (ENG)
Stenna Westerlund (Am) (FIN)
Sandra Carlborg (SWE)
78
Heather MacRae (SCO)
Annamaria Milie (ITA)
Monja Richards (SA)
Elvira Barcala Lurgi (VEN)
Maria Martin (ESP)
79
Nuria Clau (ESP)
Jenni Kuivainen (FIN)
80
Jacqueline Denise Pecoitz (ARG)
Emma Weeks (ENG)
Josefine Skold (SWE)
Jennifer Karr (USA)
81
Carrie Vaughan (USA)
82
Anne-Sophie Le Nalio (FRA)
Marian Jimenez de Miguel (ESP)
83
Clare Lipscombe (ENG)
85
Vera Shimanskaya (RUS)
Lavinia Floris (Am) (ITA)
Sabina Imboden (SWI)
DSQ
Sohvi Harkonen (FIN)

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LUCY GOULD SIXTH, SINEAD O'SULLIVAN
SEVENTH IN CALIFORNIA CLASSIC

Lucy Gould from Bargoed, Welsh girls' match-play champion in 2002 and 2003, has recaptured her best form which seemed to desert her for most of last year's US women's college golf circuit.
A junior (third year) student at East Tennessee State, Lucy finished sixth in a field of 104 players this week at the Aztec Fall Classic at Salt Creek Golf Club, Chula Vista in California.
Over a par-71 course of 7,412yd, Lucy scored 75 and 74 for 149. Her second round included a double bogey 7 at the 546yd 12th hole. She had birdiedthe fifth and the eighth but dropped single shots at the 14th and 16th.
Team-mate Sinead O'Sullivan from Galway finished joint seventh with 74 and 76 for 150. She birdied the second and sixth but had six bogeys in all in her second round.
Clara Leathers (Middle Tennessee State) from Aylesbury came joint 33rd on 155 with scores of 79 and 76.
Patty Chawalitmetha (UC Irvine) was the individual winner by three strokes with 70 and 72 for 142.
UC Irvine (593) also won the team event from East Tennessee State and Hawaii, joint second on 603, in a field of 19 college teams.

ASHTON INGRAM'S AMERICAN BEST SO FAR
- THIRD IN PATSY RENDLEMAN INVITATIONAL

Fort William teenager Ashton Ingram, after an indifferent first season of college golf at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, last year, has now found her feet and recapturing the form that made her made one of the North's leading girl prospects.
This week the 19-year-old achieved her highest ever US college circuit finish of third place in a field of 69 players for the Patsy Rendleman Invitational at Salisbury Country Club, North Carolina and payed a pivotal part in Belmont Abbey College winning the team event.
Only last week Ashton finished fourth in a college event at Myrtle Beach.
She scored 74 and 75 for a total of 149 over the par-72, 5983yd course, finishing eight shots behind the winner, Brittany Beltran (Pfeiffer University) (69-72) and one shot behind runner-up Kelsey Babos (Catawba University) (72-76).
Belmont Abbey team-mate Carley Warrington from Bradwell, Derbyshire had a hole in one at the sixth in the first round and went on to finish joint eighth with rounds of 79 and 76 for 155.
Charlene Reid from Antrim, Northern Ireland, a student at Pfeiffer University, scored 77 and 81 to fill 11th place on 158.
Belmont Abbey College (633) won the team title by three shots from Pfeiffer University (636) with Wingate University (638) third of 13 teams.

US College women's round-up

KELLY BROTHERTON'S 25th PLACE FINISH
AT DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA

Former Scottish Under-21 girls champion Kelly Brotherton (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga) finished 25th in a field of 79 players for the Xavier Invite women's college tournament over the LPGA Champions' Course at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Kelly had rounds of 76, 79 and 76 over the par-72, 6,225yd course.
Stacey Rodger from Sussex, a freshman student at Missouri State University, finished joint 26th on 232 with scores of 80, 74 and 78.
Ann Maness (Coastal Carolina) was the winner with a two-over-par total of 218, made up of scores of 73, 70 and 75.
Linda Persson (Lamar) finished a shot behind in second place with rounds of 73, 69 and 77.
Florida Athletic (906) won the team event from Coastal Carolina (909), Missouri State and Tennessee-Chattanooga (both 910) and Lamar (913) in a field of 14 teams.

SINEAD AND LUCY IN TOP 20 OF AZTEC FALL CLASSIC

Irish international Sinead O'Sullivan (East Tennessee State) and team-mate Lucy Gould, a former Welsh girls champion, were lying joint seventh and 15th respectively on 74 and 75 after the first round of the Aztec Fall Classic women's tournament at Salt Creek Golf Club (par-72, 6216yd), Chula Vista in California.
Sinead had halves of 37, while Lucy was out in 38 and home in 37.
Clara Leathers from Aylesbury, a student at Middle Tennessee State, was in joint 50th position on 79 (43-46) in a field of 104 players.
UC Irvine (297) lead the team event from Hawaii State (301), East Tennessee State (302) and San Diego State4 (304) in a field of 19 teams.

OCHOA HAS EARNED $3,318,421 IN LPGA
PRIZE MONEY THIS SEASON.

Lorena Ochoa's latest victory, in the Samsung World Championship, has taken her up to $3,318,421 in LPGA prizemoney for the season.
She is almost $2,000,000 ahead of second-placed Norwegian, Suzann Pettersen.
Maria Hjorth from Sweden is the next European in the money table. The former Stirling University student is in 14th place with $792,567.
Catriona Matthews from North Berwick has played in only 14 events - eight fewer than Ochoa - but has earned $433,659.
LEADING MONEY TOTALS
1 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) (events 22) $3,318,421.
2 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) (events 20) $1,367,059.
3 Mi Hyun Kim (Kor) (events 23) $1,187,034.
4 Paula Creamer (US) (events 21) $1,230,246.
5 Cristie Kerr (US) (events 20) $1,051,772.
Other totals:
14 Maria Hjorth (Swe) (events 21) $792,567.
24 Laura Davies (Eng) (events 20) $499,059.
28 Catriona Matthew (Sco) (events 14) $433,659.
32 Annika Sorenstam (Swe) (events 10) $414,117.
43 Mhairi McKay (Sco) (events 19) $259,188.
57 Janice Moodie (Sco) (events 22) $181,833.

MICHELLE WIE'S MANAGER RESIGNS AFTER
"CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF MY FUTURE"

Michelle Wie's manager, Greg Nared, resigned today after less than a year in the job.
A former Nike business manager, Nared was hired by the William Morris Agency to manage
the Hawaii teenager.
She finished 19th in a field of 20 players for the Samsung World Championship at the weekend.
“After careful consideration for my future, I have resigned effective immediately,” Nared said in a prepared statement. “I’m very grateful to the William Morris Agency for the opportunity to work with world-class athletes. It has been an invaluable experience and I’ll forever cherish it."
When contacted at his home in Oregon, Nared declined to elaborate.
Wie, a Stanford University, California first-year student, celebrated her 18th birthday last Thursday although she had precious little to celebrate except possibly the Nike and Sony long-term endorsement contracts that guarantee her several million dollars a year whether she wins, loses or draws.
"The Samsung" - or should it be "Swansong" - was Michelle's eighth and final LPGA event of 2008. She ended her season with a 76.7 scoring average. She beat par only twice, failed to record a single round in the 60s. She survived only three cuts. There was no cut in the Samsung World Championship for which Michelle earned $13,125 for an 18-over-par, 72-hole total of 306.
Hailed in her early teens as the most exciting prospect in golf, male or female, Michelle turned pro in October 2005 and was managed by Ross Berlin, a former US PGA Tour executive hired by the William Morris Agency.
Berlin did not get on well with Wie’s parents. They had several disputes over her playing schedule. That on-going difference of opinion came to a head towards the end of last year when Wie, at that time a senior-year student at Punahou High School, Honolulu, played in a European Tour men’s event in Switzerland, then the following week in a US PGA Tour event.
Ross Berlin obviously did not think that was a good move for her career at all. He was right. She finished last in both events.
Berlin resigned after the "Samsung" 12 months ago. He was replaced by Nared, who was well-liked by the teenager and her family. Nared was centre stage in her biggest controversy at the Ginn Tribute in South Carolina in the spring, interrupting her round to have an earnest conversation with her on the 16th tee. She did not hit another ball before notifying LPGA officials she was withdrawing from the tournament because of a sore wrist.
At the time, Wie was 14 over par for the round. The general opinion was that Nared told her to quit the round immediately and so dodge the LPGA’s “Rule 88,” in which non-members are ineligible to play in any competitions for one year if they shoot 88 or higher.
Wie then showed up at Bulle Rock two days later to practise for the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, and Annika Sorenstam harshly denounced the move as disrespectful.
Now Michelle has lost two managers within the space of 12 months.
The phrase which ends " ..... deserting a sinking ship" comes to mind.

Stephanie Meadow, extreme right, with the others in the top four at Cancun, Mexico.

STEPHANIE MEADOW FINISHES JOINT
THIRD IN MEXICO

Royal Portrush junior member Stephanie Meadow recently finished joint third in the Mayakoba Junior Classic at El Camaleon GC, Cancun in Mexico.
Stephanie, a student at the International Golf Academy, Hilton Head in South Carolina, had rounds of 73, 75 and 72 for a total of 220 over the par-71, 6,047yd course.
Winner was Pearl Jin (only 12 years, 4 months) from California with 71, 71 and 67 for 209.
Second was Alicia Malagon from Mexico with 70, 72 and 71 for 213.
Joint third with Stephanie was Erynne Lee from Washington State with 74, 74 and 72.
This performance gives Stephanie full exemption status for the forthcoming American Junior Association tournaments.
She has also been invited to play in the Golfweek Junior Invitational on the New course at Grand Cypress resort, Orlando in Florida from October 26 to 28.
Stephanie Meadow lost to Tara Delaney in the final of the Irish Under-18 girls championship in 2004.
She won the Nick Faldo Junior Series Grand Final girls' title in 2006.

ANN HUNTER'S WORK TO FOSTER

GIRLS' GOLF IN MONIFIETH

AREA RECOGNISED

At the Angus Ladies County Golf association inaugural adult-girl greensomes at Edzell on Sunday, a special presentation was made to Ann Hunter, for her dedication and work with junior girls.
For the last 10 years she has worked tirelessly to encourage girls to take up the game in the Monifieth area, and has, in that time, involved close to 100 girls in golf.
Last year Ann Hunter was honoured by the Golf Foundation for her efforts, and this year Angus County is paying tribute as a thank you for giving the county such a fantastic crop of promising girls to work with.

+Picture shows Ann Hunter with Heather Munro, the youngest Angus county member.

ANGUS COUNTY'S ADULT-JUNIOR GREENSOMES
A BIG HIT AT EDZELL: 44 PLAYERS TAKE PART

By AILEEN HUNTER

The inaugural inter-counties adult-junior modified greensomes competition, hosted by Angus county at Edzell Golf Club, proved to be a great success with 44 competitors from Angus, Fife, Stirling & Clackmannanshire and Perth & Kinross taking part.
Angus set the competition up with the express desire to get girls playing alongside county golf squad members, to encourage and inspire them to continue to improve their game.
The winners were Linda Allan and Alexis Hutton from Stirlingshire with 43 points.
Second were Elaine Allison and Alison Goodwin from Stirlingshire with 42 points.
Third were Lynne Fenton and Ashley Alston from Angus with 40 points, on the better inward half from Ashley Smith and Laura Hunter from Angus.
Best first nine holes prize went to Heather Peebles and Jemma Chalmers, Angus. Best second nine holes award went to Aileen Hunter and Alison Pryde Angus.
Nearest the hole winners were Sam Munro (Fife) and Rosie Hunter (Angus0. Shona Leighton and Megan Aird won a special prize.
The trophy was donated by Mary Summers, outgoing Angus Junior Secretary.

Picture above shows:
Left to right: Jemma Chalmers, Heather Peebles, Laura Hunter, Linda Allan, Ashley Smith, Alexis Hutton, Lynne Fenton, Alison Goodwin, Elaine Alison, Lynne Fenton, Ashley Alston.

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BECKY AND FERN IN WINNING

BETHUNE- COOKMAN COLLEGE

TEAM AT RUTGERS

Becky Dowell from Thornecombe and Fern Grimshaw from Dorset were members of the title-winning Bethune-Cookman College team in the Rutgers Women's Invitational tournament at Rutgers University, Piscataway in New Jersey.
Becky, pictured right, had scores of 78 and 79 for 157 and finished fourth equal in a field of 98 behind winner Ellie Brophy (Yale) (76-74 for 150).
Fern scored 78 and 82 for 160 and joint ninth postion.
Also finishing on 160 was Yale University freshman Harriet Owers-Bradley from Nottinigham. She scored 84 and 76 over the par-72, 5,847yd course.
Bethune Cookman College won the team event with a total of 624, nine ahead of Yale and 18 in front of third-place St John's University.

CLAIRE AND ANNA HELP GEORGIA

STATE WIN LADY JAGUAR TEAM TITLE

Georgia State's English students, Claire Starkie, pictured right, from Skipton, Yorkshire and Anna Scott from Consett, Co Durham helped their university win the team event in the Lady Jaguar Invitational college tournament at Forest Hills Golf Club, Augusta in Georgia.

Claire finished joint eighth in a field of 29 with scores of 76 and 77 for a total of 153 over a par-72 course of 6,123yd. Anna had a pair of 77s for 10th place on 154.
Georgia State team-mate Iliska Verwey won the individual title by three strokes with 74 and 70 for level par 144.
Georgia State totalled 600, one ahead of Augusta State. Third-placed Wofford College were way back on 641 in a field of five teams.

English Ladies Golf Association Press Release

BOYS BEAT GIRLS IN ENGLAND MATCH
AT OGBOURNE DOWNS, WILTSHIRE

England’s Under-18 girls lost their annual match against the England Under-16 boys when they were beaten 12-3 at Ogbourne Downs, Wiltshire.
Team captain Sara Garbutt said: “The boys played very well. They were particularly good at the short game and a number of them were under par.”
The two teams played lay-outs of similar length and, with the undulating course demanding long carries, the girls found it difficult to compete. They played from the yellow tees and their yardage was just 253 yards less than the boys, who were off the white tees.
The girls received one shot in the morning and two in the afternoon.
In the morning foursomes three matches went to the 18th but the scoreline at lunch was 4˝-˝ in the boys’ favour. The girls’ half was provided by the Hampshire pair of Raffi Dyer and Katie Mundy who were trailing early in their game but who fought back with three consecutive birdies.
In the singles, English schools’ champion Hannah Barwood had the better of an all-Gloucestershire clash against Chris Lloyd. Her sharp short game helped her to score several birdies, including one on the 18th which sealed her win by two holes.
Kent’s Sarah Tyson produced an impressive performance against Max Smith. Sarah was never down in her match, always kept control and won by 2 and 1.
Her county colleague Sian Evans secured the girls’ other half point when she got up-and-down from 40 yards at the last in her match against James Burnett.
Meanwhile, Nottinghamshire’s Katie Best and Alex Peters were both beaten on the 18th, with Alex losing to a birdie. Raffi Dyer was also closed out of her singles when her opponent chipped in for a birdie on the 17th. The girls’ team was:
Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry), Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Katie Best (Sherwood Forest), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Raffi Dyer (Hayling), Sian Evans (Faversham), Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor), Alex Peters (Notts Ladies), Helen Searle (West End), Sarah Tyson (London).

Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

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ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR LORENA OCHOA

Mexican Lorena Ochoa continues to be her country's greatest sporting advertisement. The Rico Women's British Open champion just keeps on winning. Her latest triumph - by four shots - came on Sunday in the LPGA's Samsung World Championship at Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, California.
Lorena had rounds of 68, 67, 69 and 66 over a par-72 course for an 18-under-par total of 270.
Michelle Wie, who played on an invitation - Annika Sorenstam decline hers because she said it would deprive someone who had earned a place in the field of their rightful spot - did not finish last as expected in the elite field of 20th. She came 19th.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
270 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 68 67 69 66
274 Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 68 70 67 69
275 Angela Park 67 69 69 70, Jeong Jang (Kor) 69 68 68 70
276 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 71 69 64 72
278 Paula Creamer 67 69 71 71, Jee Young Lee (Kor) 70 70 70 68
279 Stacy Prammanasudh 72 70 70 67
281 Angela Stanford 70 66 74 71
282 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 69 71 70 72, Sarah Lee 72 72 69 69, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 73 73 66 70
283 Morgan Pressel 68 72 72 71
284 Cristie Kerr 75 66 70 73
286 Maria Hjorth (Swe) 72 70 71 73
290 Nicole Castrale 73 70 75 72
291 Brittany Lincicome 74 70 72 75
293 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 75 68 76 74
306 Michelle Wie 79 79 77 71
307 Bettina Hauert (Ger) 76 81 74 76

SCOTS DOWN THE FIELD IN MERCEDES BENZ
CHAMPIONSHIP AT KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

South Queensferry's Rebecca Watson, making her debut for the University of Tennessee, finished joint 61st and Gemma Webster (Ohio State) from Glasgow was 79th equal in a field of 93 players for the Mercedes Benz women's college championship at Cherokee Country Club, Knoxville in Tennessee.
Rebecca had scores of 77, 74 and 78 for a total of 229. Gemma's rounds were 74, 78 and 83.
Ireland international Tara Delaney (Kent State) finished joint 27th on 222 with scores of 73, 73 and 76.
English girls champion Ellie Givens, a freshman at Denver University, had rounds of 70, 77 and 79 for 226 and a share of 47th place.
German international Sandra Gal (Florida) beat Cydney Clanton (Auburn) at the first extra hole of a play-off after they had tied on three-under-par 210. Clanton went out of bounds off the tee.
Florida (865) also won the team title ahead of Purdue (870), Arkansas (878), Auburn (879), Kent State (881), Tennessee (883) and Denver (885) in a field of 17 teams, including a touring Swedish National Junior Squad.
Leading individual totals
210 Sandra Gal (Florida) 69 71 70, Cydney Clanton (Auburn) 72 70 68 (Gal won play-off at first hole).
211 Caroline Hedwsall (Swedish Juniors) 71 72 69, Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) 69 71 71.
Other totals:
222 Tara Delaney (Kent State) 73 73 76 (jt 27th).
226 Ellie Givens (Denver) 70 77 79 (jt 47th).
229 Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) 77 74 78 (jt 61st).
235 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 74 78 83 (jt 79th).
Leading teams
865 Florida.
879 Purdue.
878 Arkansas.
879 Auburn.
881 Kent State.
883 Tennessee.
885 Denver.
235 Gemma Webster (Ohio state) 74 78 83 (jt 79th).

CLAIRE HARGAN IS SLGA

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

AT GLASGOW GAILES

Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), pictured right, the Midlothian county champion, won the SLGA Champion of Champions' tournament with a two-under-par round of 75 at Glasgow Gailes today.

Alison Davidson (Stirling), the Stirling & Clackmannan county title-holder was runner-up with a 78 and Jane Turner (Mortonhall), the East of Scotland champion, was third with a 79.

FINAL SCOREBOARD

Par 77. CSS 77

75 Claire Hargan (Mortonhall).

78 Alison Davidson (Stirling).

79 Jane Turner (Mortonhall).
80 Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose).

83 Lorna Bennett (Ladybank).

84 Fiona Lockhart (Fife), Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore).

86 Lindsey Kirkwood (Dumfries-shire), Jill Meldrum (Dullatur).

88 Heather Anderson (Downfield).

90 Lesley Hendry (Routenburn).

97 Gillian Monteith (Galloway).

Withdrew: Laura Walker (Nairn Dunbar), Phillipa Costello (Borders), Jenny Milne (Northern Counties).

GB&I Select beat GB&I Girls at North Berwick

LGU Chairman of Training, Trish Wilson presents
the LGU Challenge Quaich to Mary McKenna, Captain of the LGU Select Team

Mary McKenna's LGU Select Team won the third series of fourballs by three games to one in the LGU Training match against the GB&I Girls team this morning at North Berwick.
Once again British Girls champion Henrietta Brockway was involved in the only point for the Girls side, when, in partnership with Carly Booth, they finished two up on Sahra Hassan and Laura Murray.
The Select team won the event, which included fourballs and foursomes yesterday, by ten matches to two.

Morning fourball results (Select names first - matches played to 18th) 3 - 1
Sahra Hassan and Laura Murray lost to Henrietta Brockway and Carly Booth 2 holes
Naomi Edwards and Florentyna Parker beat Lisa Maguire and Kelly Tidy 4 holes
Liz Bennett and Rachel Jennings beat Pamela Pretswell and Rachel Connor 2 holes
Kerry Smith and Michelle Thomson beat Megan Briggs and victoria Bradshaw 5 holes

Overall result GB&I Select 10 GB&I Girls 2

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JORDAN FINDLAY DROPS BACK TO JT 15th
AT THE RIDGE, TENNESSEE

Former British boys' champion from Fraserburgh, Jordan Findlay, a third-year student at East Tennessee State University, dropped back from joint sixth to tied 15th over the second round of the Bank of Tennessee @ The Ridges college tournament at The Ridge G&CC, Jonesborough in Tennessee.
Jordan followed up an opening round of two-under-par 70 over the 7,147yd course with a 72 (five birdies, five bogeys) for a tally of 142 - eight shots behind the leader of a field of 93 players, Chris Paisley (Tennessee University) from Newcastle). Paisley is on 10-under-par 134 and a lead of three shots after scores of 70 and 64 with Sunday's final round to come.
Drew Weaver (Virginia Tech), winner of this year's British open amateur championship is in fourth place on 138 (68-70).
Jordan Findlay's East Tennessee State team-mates Rhys Enoch from Truro and Gareth Shaw from Northern Ireland are in the top 10. Enoch has score d67 and 71 for a share of fifth place on 139.
Shaw has had scores of 71 and 69 for joint seventh place on 140.
SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72) 7,147yd
134 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 70 64.
137 Brendan Gielow (Wake Forest) 70 67, Robert Riesen (North Carolina) 71 66.
138 Drew Weaver (Virginia Tech) 68 70.
139 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 67 71 (jt 5th).
Also:
140 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 71 69 (jt 7th).
142 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 70 72 (jt 15th).
143 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 72 71 (jt 21st).
145 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 71 74 (jt 34th).
147 P O'Kane (East Tennessee State) 71 74 (jt 45th).
LEADING TEAMS
564 Wake Forest.
565 East Tennessee State.
567 Virginia Tech.
568 Tennessee.
568 Kent Street.
15 teams taking part.

REBECCA WATSON MAKES DEBUT FOR
TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY AT KNOXVILLE

South Queensferry girl Rebecca Watson has made her debut for Tennessee University in the Mercedes Benz women's championship and is joint 45th in a field of 93 after rounds of 77 and 74 for a tally of 151 at Cherokee Country Club, Knoxville in Tennessee.
Rebecca had birdies at the seventh and 13th but a costly triple bogey 8 at the long fifth.
Ireland international Tara Delaney (Kent State) is five shots ahead of her on 146 after a pair of 73s for joint 17th place.
English girls champion Ellie Givens is sharing 20th place after scores of 70 and 77. A freshman student at Denver University, Ellie had birdies at the seventh, 11th and 14th in her second round but a double bogey 6 at the first, a double bogey 7 at the fourth and a double-bogey 5 at the 10th in her second circuit.
Scotland international Gemma Webster (Ohio State) is sharing 56th place on 152 after scores of 74 and 78. Starting at the 10th in her second round, the Hilton Park playere had a double bogey 6 at the 13th and a birdie at the 14th in taking 37 for her first nine holes.
Gemma then had a double bogey 6 at the eighth.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 142 (2 x 71). 5,932yd
138 Kathleen Ekey (Alabama) 68 70.
140 Sandra Gal (Florida) 69 71, Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) 69 71.
Also:
146 Tara Delaney (Kent State) 73 73 (jt 17th).
147 Ellie Givens (Denver) 70 77 (jt 20th).
151 Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) 77 74 (jt 45th).
152 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 74 78 (jt 56th).
LEADING TEAMS
577 Florida.
582 Purdue, Arkansas.
585 Denver. 588 Virgina, Auburn.
Also:
593 Ohio State (jt 8th).
594 Tennessee (jt 16th).

KELLY BROTHERTON SHARING 26th PLACE
AT DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA

Former Scottish Under-21 girls champion Kelly Brotherton from Tulliallan, a student at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, was joint 26th on 155 after rounds of 76 and 79 in the ther Xavier Invite women's college tournamernt over the LPGA Champions' course at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Stacey Rodger (Missouri State), a freshman student from Mile Oak Sussex, was one ahead of Kelly with scores of 80 and 74 for 154 and a share of 21st place.
Linda Persson (Lamar University) led the field with 73 and 69 for 142.
Coastal Carolina (594) led the 14-team event from Lamar (606) and Missouri State (610). Tennessee-Chattanoogo were shating sixth place on 614.

CLAIRE STARKIE FIFTH AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

Claire Starkie from Skipton, Yorkshire was lying fifth with a 76 after the first round of the Lady Jaguar Invitational over the par-72, 6,123yd Forest Hills Golf Club course at Augusta, Georgia.
Georgia State University team-mate Anna Scott from Consett, Co Durham, had a 77 to be joint eighth in a small field of 29 players.
Tamara Luccioli led on 72 from Augusta State team-mate Emilie Guery.
In the team event, Augusta State (302) lead from Georgia State (304) with Mercer a distance third of five teams on 320.

LPGA TOUR SCOREBOARD
SAMSUNG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Bighorn Golf Club, Palm Desert, California
THIRD-ROUND LEADERS
Par 216 (3 x 72). 6,644yd
204 S Pettersen 71 69 64, L Ochoa 68 67 69.
205 Jeong Jang 69 68 68, Mi Hyun Kim 68 70 67, A Park 67 6969.
207 P Creamer 67 69 71.
Other totals:
213 M Hjorth 72 70 71 (jt 14th).
235 M Wie 79 79 77 (last of 20).